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Afternoon Snack: Baked Sweet Potato Falafels

I have a confession to make: My street food weakness is falafels. You'd think because they're vegetarian that they'd be healthy, but no. They are usually deep fried, making them more like grease bombs. So, I'm kind of loving the idea of these baked falafels...

Baked sweet potato falafels (or, wait, maybe there isn't an "s" on the end of falafel in the plural form?)? I think I'm in heaven. Here's how the cooks over at 101 Cookbooks describe this amazing creation: "These falafel are made with a mashed sweet potato and chickpea flour base, accented with a generous punch of spices, a nice amount of garlic and plenty of chopped cilantro. If you're looking for that crunchy, fried, falafel experience, this isn't it. But these are delicious in their own way. And the sesame seed sprinkle gives each one a little bit of crunch."